Definitions for fiber optics
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fi′ber op′tics(n.)
or fi′ber•op′tics
the technology of sending computer data, video and voice signals, etc., through laser-generated light carried in bundles of ultrapure, transparent fiber
Category: Optics
Ref: ( optical fiber )
Origin of fiber optics:
1960–65
fi`ber•op′tic(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics(noun)
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
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